TORONTO, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ - RBC and B+H proudly announced today the winners of the 2013 Evolve Sustainable Design Competition. University of Waterloo students Renee Hum-Hsiao, Elaina Poleto, Keegan Steeper, Joanne Yau and Thomas Yuan received first prize for their design of an environmentally sustainable bank branch of the future. The winning team received $5,000 and an opportunity to meet with some of Canada's top architecture professionals at B+H.

In addition, the University of Waterloo…

Waterloo, Ontario (April 16, 2013)-The Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Waterloo and Grafoid Inc. announced today the signing of a two-year R&D agreement to investigate and develop a graphene based composite for electrochemical energy storage for the automotive and/or portable electronics sectors.

The joint announcement was made by Dr. Aiping Yu, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and in Ottawa by Mr. Gary Economo, President and Chief Executive…

CampusFrance Canada, a service of the Embassy of France in Canada is organising a free, live webinar on renewable energy on April 30^th at 6 pm.

Five French Higher Education Institutions accredited by the French Ministry of Higher Education will present their institution and programs in the field of renewable energy (in English).  It is an opportunity to discover some French programs and schools and to ask questions.  Welcome to everyone!

To see the teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq_dl…

There are compelling technical, economic and environmental reasons for expansion of electricity trade between US and Canada, buttressed by interconnections and transmission links acting as regional hubs. This paper argues for a dramatic shift in thinking for a coherent Canadian national energy strategy that has, at its fulcrum, large-scale cross border inter-regional trade in electricity. The national strategic opportunity is for energy trade to become fully integrated with climate change…